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William Henry Green II (born May 5, 1980) is an American
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,
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, entrepreneur, author, internet producer, and musician. He is known for producing the
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channel
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with his older brother, author
John Green John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977) is an American author, YouTube content creator, podcaster, and philanthropist. His books have more than 50 million copies in print worldwide, including '' The Fault in Our Stars'' (2012), which is ...
, as well as for creating and hosting the educational YouTube channels ''Crash Course'' and ''
SciShow ''SciShow'' is a collection of YouTube channels that focuses on science news. The program is hosted by Hank Green along with a rotating cast of co-hosts. ''SciShow'' was launched as an original channel. The series has been consistently releasin ...
''. He has also advocated for and organized
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, created and hosted a number of other YouTube channels and podcasts, released music albums, and amassed a large following on
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. With his brother John, Hank co-created
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, the world's largest conference about online videos, and the Project for Awesome, an annual online charity event, as well as the now-defunct conferences NerdCon: Stories, focused on storytelling, and PodCon, focused on podcasts. He is the co-creator of ''
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries ''The Lizzie Bennet Diaries'' is an American web series adapted from Jane Austen's 1813 novel '' Pride and Prejudice.'' The story is conveyed in the form of vlogs. It was created by Hank Green and Bernie Su, produced by Jenni Powell and stars Ashl ...
'' (2012–2013), an adaptation of ''
Pride and Prejudice ''Pride and Prejudice'' is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreci ...
'' in the style of video blogs that was the first web series to win an
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. He is also the co-founder of merchandise company
DFTBA Records DFTBA Records, commonly known as DFTBA.com, is an e-commerce merchandise company that was co-founded by Hank Green and Alan Lastufka in 2008. Originally a record label, the company now focuses on selling merchandise for prominent YouTube cont ...
, crowdfunding platform Subbable, game company DFTBA Games, and online video production company Pemberley Digital, which produces video blog adaptations of classic novels in the public domain. Green is the founder of the environmental technology blog EcoGeek, which evolved into
Complexly Complexly is an American online video and audio production company, based in Missoula, Montana, and Indianapolis, Indiana. Its founders are brothers John and Hank Green (who acts as CEO), who began their Vlogbrothers YouTube channel in 2007. In 2 ...
, an online video and audio production company of which he is the CEO. Green also hosts the podcasts ''
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'' and ''Delete This'' with his brother and wife respectively, along with the podcast ''
SciShow Tangents ''SciShow'' is a collection of YouTube channels that focuses on science news. The program is hosted by Hank Green along with a rotating cast of co-hosts. ''SciShow'' was launched as an original channel. The series has been consistently releasi ...
''. Green's
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, ''
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing ''An Absolutely Remarkable Thing'' is a science fiction novel by American author Hank Green. It was published on September 25, 2018, by Dutton Books, and is Green's debut novel. Announced on September 19, 2017, the novel is the first of a two-b ...
'', was published on September 25, 2018; its sequel '' A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor'' was published on July 7, 2020. Both novels debuted as ''New York Times'' Best Sellers.


Early life and career

William Henry Green II was born on May 5, 1980 to Mike and Sydney Green in
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, but his family soon moved to
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,
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, where he was raised. He graduated from Winter Park High School in 1998 and then earned a B.S. in
Biochemistry Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. A sub-discipline of both chemistry and biology, biochemistry may be divided into three fields: structural biology, enzymology and ...
from
Eckerd College Eckerd College is a private liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida. Founded in 1958, part of the campus is waterfront and beach on Boca Ciega Bay. Because of its location, Eckerd is considered a "beach school" and has its own student ...
and a
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in
Environmental Studies Environmental studies is a multidisciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment. Environmental studies connects principles from the physical sciences, commerce/economics, the humanities, and socia ...
from the
University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fa ...
. His master's thesis was entitled "Of Both Worlds: How the Personal Computer and the Environmental Movement Change Everything". Throughout high school and college, Green created and designed websites for himself and local clients. His first project, the "Mars Exploration Page", in 1994, experienced minor success on the heels of the
Mars Pathfinder ''Mars Pathfinder'' (''MESUR Pathfinder'') is an American robotic spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997. It consisted of a lander, renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station, and a lightweight, wheeled robot ...
Mission. A later website, IHateI4.com, which was about Green’s dislike for
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, a widely unpopular highway among Floridians, brought press from local news channels and the ''
Orlando Sentinel The ''Orlando Sentinel'' is the primary newspaper of Orlando, Florida, and the Central Florida region. It was founded in 1876 and is currently owned by Tribune Publishing Company. The ''Orlando Sentinel'' is owned by parent company, '' Tribune P ...
''. Green continued as a
web developer A web developer is a programmer who develops World Wide Web applications using a client–server model. The applications typically use HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in the client, and any general-purpose programming language in the server. is used f ...
after moving to
Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columb ...
for
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, focusing on developing websites for educational institutions (including the
University of Montana The University of Montana (UM) is a public research university in Missoula, Montana. UM is a flagship institution of the Montana University System and its second largest campus. UM reported 10,962 undergraduate and graduate students in the fa ...
) and environmental
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s. While in graduate school, Green created "EcoGeek", a blog focusing on technological advancements that would benefit the environment. Starting out as a class project, EcoGeek evolved into a major environmental publication. EcoGeek caught the attention of ''
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'', where it was described as "porn for hardcore science, tech and enviro freaks". Writing about environmental issues, Green has been published on numerous environmental blogs, including Treehugger.com,
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, '' The National Geographic Green Guide'', ''
Scientific American ''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it. In print since 1845, it ...
'',
The Weather Channel The Weather Channel (TWC) is an American pay television channel owned by Weather Group, LLC, a subsidiary of Allen Media Group. The channel's headquarters are in Atlanta, Georgia. Launched on May 2, 1982, the channel broadcasts weather foreca ...
,
Planet Green Destination America is an American cable television channel owned by the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks unit of Warner Bros. Discovery. The network carries programming focused on the culture of the United States—including food, lifestyles, an ...
,
NPR National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other ...
and in ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
''. During the mid-2000s, Green wrote regularly for ''
Mental Floss ''Mental Floss'' (stylized as ''mental_floss'') is an online magazine and its related American digital, print, and e-commerce media company focused on millennials. It is owned by Minute Media and based in New York City, United States. mentalfloss ...
'' and co-authored one of their books, ''Mental Floss: Scatterbrained''.


YouTube channels


Vlogbrothers


Brotherhood 2.0 (2007)

From January 1 to December 31, 2007, Hank Green and his brother
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ran a video blog project titled Brotherhood 2.0. The original project ran every week day for the entire year, with the premise that the brothers would cease all text-based ("textual") communication for the year and instead converse by daily
video blogs A video blog or video log, sometimes shortened to vlog (), is a form of blog for which the medium is video. Vlog entries often combine embedded video (or a video link) with supporting text, images, and other metadata. Entries can be recorded in ...
, made available to the public via their
YouTube YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second mo ...
channel ''Vlogbrothers'' and on their website.


Post-Brotherhood 2.0 (2008–present)

In 2008, John and Hank met up with their fans, known as " Nerdfighters". The first gathering was a last-minute decision, but despite the short three-day notice, nearly a hundred people attended. In August, John and Hank were invited to the Google office in Chicago to talk about the project. That same day, they filled the Harold Washington Library with about four hundred young adults. Following John's book tour for his third novel, '' Paper Towns'', the brothers went on a national tour in November. With events in 17 different cities, they met Nerdfighters at local libraries and community centers. During this tour, Green released his first album of Nerdfighter-themed songs, titled ''So Jokes''. The Green brothers have been interviewed on
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, and have been recurring keynote speakers at the ''
Harry Potter ''Harry Potter'' is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The novels chronicle the lives of a young wizard, Harry Potter, and his friends Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, all of whom are students at ...
'' fan convention
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. The Brotherhood 2.0 project succeeded in its original mission. The two brothers have come to communicate more thoroughly with each other, and have a larger influence in each other's lives than before the project was initiated. The brothers talked on the phone once or twice a year before Brotherhood 2.0, but, according to Hank's wife Katherine, they now "talk almost every day." John and Hank continued to post vlogs every Tuesday and Friday on their channel. Their video topics vary from explanations of current events, reunion videos, joke videos, rant videos, thoughts from various places, Question Tuesdays, and random topics. As of May 22, 2021, they have posted over 1,900 videos. The channel has more than 3 million subscribers, and its videos have been watched over 860,000,000 times.


''Crash Course''

In January 2012, Hank and John created the educational
YouTube YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second mo ...
channel ''Crash Course'', as part of the site's Original Channel Initiative. The channel features several educational courses based on the high school curriculum, and first launched with series focusing on Biology and World History. According to John, the brothers see ''Crash Course'' "as an introduction, as a way to get kids excited about learning, not as an attempt to replace traditional classroom materials." Their goal is to create "resources that allow for more valuable interaction in the classroom," with hopes that the channel will one day span the entire high school curriculum. The channel was initially hosted by the two brothers, with Hank focusing on the science courses and John teaching the humanities courses. The channel has since expanded to welcome new hosts such as
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,
Phil Plait Philip Cary Plait (born September 30, 1964), also known as The Bad Astronomer, is an American astronomer, skeptic, and popular science blogger. Plait has worked as part of the Hubble Space Telescope team, images and spectra of astronomical objec ...
, and
Emily Graslie Emily Graslie (born 1989) is an American science communicator and YouTube educator. She started volunteering at the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum at the University of Montana in 2011. After appearing in a VlogBrothers video by Hank Green i ...
into its roster, and has launched new courses such as Astronomy, Physics, and Philosophy. As part of YouTube Kids, a separate ''Crash Course: Kids'' channel was launched in March 2015, with
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hosting a Science course geared toward a younger audience. ''Crash Course'' has received praise from students and teachers alike. It has been awarded grants by Bill Gates'
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, and has struck a partnership with
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to continue developing more series, although the majority of its funding comes from viewer support via
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.


''SciShow''

Green created the science YouTube channel ''SciShow'' in January 2012, which, like ''Crash Course'', was initially funded by the online video website. The channel features a series of videos focused on several scientific fields such as chemistry, physics, and biology, as well as interviews and trivia shows with experts. Green aims for ''SciShow'''s content to be approachable and to dispel the idea that science is an inherently difficult subject. Like ''Crash Course'', ''SciShow'' is meant to be supplementary to the traditional educational experience, with Green's goal being "to be good at one thing so teachers can be good at other things." ''SciShow'' is primarily hosted by Green, though it has since expanded with Michael Aranda taking on additional hosting duties, as well as with occasional appearances by
Lindsey Doe Lindsey Takara Doe (born ) is a sexologist, sex educator, and host of ''Sexplanations'' on YouTube. Personal life Lindsey Takara Doe was born in . , she had three non-biological children: a five-year-old foster son and two teenaged daughters. ...
and
Emily Graslie Emily Graslie (born 1989) is an American science communicator and YouTube educator. She started volunteering at the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum at the University of Montana in 2011. After appearing in a VlogBrothers video by Hank Green i ...
. A spin-off channel, ''SciShow Space'', was launched in April 2014 to cover space topics, and is hosted by Green, Reid Reimers, and Caitlin Hofmeister. A third channel, ''SciShow Kids'', premiered in March 2015. It is aimed at children between the ages of 3 and 6 and is hosted by Jessi Knudsen Castañeda. Late in 2016, its patrons on Patreon chose a topic for a new channel, ''SciShow Psych'', which launched in March 2017. It is hosted by Hank Green and Brit Garner who teach about the human brain and aim to provide clear and reputable psychology information. The channel has amassed a large audience, with its videos being regularly featured on several media outlets. Green and ''SciShow'' were granted a national advertisement deal with YouTube that featured promotion on billboards and television commercials. The channel has been praised as "informative, casual without being condescending, and funny," though it has been criticized for providing biased information on
genetic modification Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the modification and manipulation of an organism's genes using technology. It is a set of technologies used to change the genetic makeup of cells, including t ...
, which was later addressed in a video.


''PBS Eons''

At
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in June 2017, Green announced a new PBS Digital Studios partner channel, to be hosted by himself, ''SciShow'' writer Blake de Pastino, and paleontologist Kallie Moore, titled ''Eons''. It documents the history of life on Earth, "From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon ... right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age." It premiered June 26, 2017. As of May 22, 2021 Eons has over 1.8 million subscribers and 270 million views.


''Journey to the Microcosmos''

Started in June 2019, ''Journey to the Microcosmos'' is hosted by Green and produced by Complexly. It explores the
microscopic The microscopic scale () is the scale of objects and events smaller than those that can easily be seen by the naked eye, requiring a lens (optics), lens or microscope to see them clearly. In physics, the microscopic scale is sometimes regarded a ...
world, with topics such as
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,
tardigrades Tardigrades (), known colloquially as water bears or moss piglets, are a phylum of eight-legged segmented micro-animals. They were first described by the German zoologist Johann August Ephraim Goeze in 1773, who called them Kleiner Wasserbär ...
, and other
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. The music is produced by Andrew Huang.


''Bizarre Beasts''

Started in June 2020, ''Bizarre Beasts'' is hosted by Hank Green and Sarah Suta and produced by Complexly. The channel releases monthly videos exploring a specific unusual animal, such as
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,
kākāpō The kākāpō ( ; ; from the mi, kākāpō, , night parrot), also known as owl parrot (''Strigops habroptilus''), is a species of large, flightless, nocturnal, ground-dwelling parrots of the super-family Strigopoidea, endemic to New Zealan ...
, and yeti crabs. As of July, 2022, Bizarre Beasts has over 150,000 subscribers and 5.6 million views.


Pemberley Digital


''The Lizzie Bennet Diaries''

On April 9, 2012, Hank Green and co-creator Bernie Su premiered a new web series, ''
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries ''The Lizzie Bennet Diaries'' is an American web series adapted from Jane Austen's 1813 novel '' Pride and Prejudice.'' The story is conveyed in the form of vlogs. It was created by Hank Green and Bernie Su, produced by Jenni Powell and stars Ashl ...
''. This series is a modern adaptation of
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's ''
Pride and Prejudice ''Pride and Prejudice'' is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreci ...
'', his wife's favorite book, and is conveyed through the form of
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. The series stars Ashley Clements, Mary Kate Wiles, Laura Spencer, and Julia Cho. The channel has over 160,000 subscribers, with more than 22.5 million video views. The series also bridged other online media, such as Twitter and Tumblr pages under the names of characters and entities from the series. Green was also one of the writers of the series.


''Welcome to Sanditon'', ''Emma Approved'', and ''Frankenstein MD''

As a result of ''The Lizzie Bennet Diaries''' success, Pemberley Digital launched ''Welcome to Sanditon'' in 2013, a spin-off web series based on Jane Austen's unfinished novel ''
Sanditon ''Sanditon'' (1817) is an unfinished novel by the English writer Jane Austen. In January 1817, Austen began work on a new novel she called ''The Brothers'', later titled ''Sanditon'', and completed eleven chapters before stopping work in mid- ...
''. Green and Su serve as executive producers, with ''Lizzie Bennet Diaries''' producers Margaret Dunlap and Jay Bushman serving as creators, executive producers, and showrunners. The series follows Gigi Darcy when she moves to Sanditon, California to run a beta demo of the Pemberley Digital Domino application. The next Pemberley Digital project was ''
Emma Approved ''Emma Approved'' was an American multi-platform web series starring Joanna Sotomura and Brent Bailey based on Jane Austen’s 1815 novel '' Emma''. The show is a follow-up to ''The Lizzie Bennet Diaries'' and is the third production out of web ...
'', an adaptation of Jane Austen's '' Emma'', which premiered in 2014. Created by Su, who executive produces with Green, the web-series follows Emma Woodhouse as she documents her business success with her lifestyle company. Pemberley Digital partnered with
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to produce the company's first web-series not based on a novel written by Austen. ''
Frankenstein, MD ''Frankenstein, MD'' is a 2014 American Gothic horror comedy webseries with transmedia storytelling, transmedia elements. Produced in partnership between Pemberley Digital and PBS Digital Studios, the show is a modern adaptation of Mary Shelley's ...
'', a modern adaptation of
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's ''
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'' co-created by Su, Brett Register, and Lon Harris, premiered in 2014 on the PBS Digital YouTube channel. The series was executive produced by Su and Green, and follows PhD student Victoria Frankenstein, portrayed by as Anna Lore, and Iggy DeLacey, portrayed by
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, as they make videos for their science YouTube channel.


As producer


''The Brain Scoop''

In his Vlogbrothers video uploaded on December 7, 2012, Green featured
Emily Graslie Emily Graslie (born 1989) is an American science communicator and YouTube educator. She started volunteering at the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum at the University of Montana in 2011. After appearing in a VlogBrothers video by Hank Green i ...
, a curatorial assistant at the
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. In this video, she showed Green a wide variety of specimens in the lab. Due to her ease in front of the camera, enthusiasm, and fan comments, Graslie was offered her own YouTube channel ''The Brain Scoop'' as a part of the Nerdfighter family. The series debuted in January 2013. ''The Brain Scoop'' was acquired by
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in 2014.


''Sexplanations''

In 2010, Green met
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, a
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, after Doe found Green's Vlogbrothers channel and asked him to talk at a panel in her course at the
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. In 2013, the two co-founded ''
Sexplanations Lindsey Takara Doe (born ) is a sexologist, sex educator, and host of ''Sexplanations'' on YouTube. Personal life Lindsey Takara Doe was born in . , she had three non-biological children: a five-year-old foster son and two teenaged daughters. ...
'', a YouTube channel focused on
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. The show has covered topics such as
slut-shaming Slut-shaming is the practice of criticizing people, especially women and girls, who are perceived to violate expectations of behavior and appearance regarding issues related to sexuality. The term is used to reclaim the word ''slut'' and empower ...
,
consent Consent occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another. It is a term of common speech, with specific definitions as used in such fields as the law, medicine, research, and sexual relationships. Consent as und ...
, and
masturbation Masturbation is the sexual stimulation of one's own genitals for sexual arousal or other sexual pleasure, usually to the point of orgasm. The stimulation may involve hands, fingers, everyday objects, sex toys such as vibrators, or combinatio ...
.


''Mental Floss''

Following the success of ''Crash Course'' and ''SciShow,'' Green and his brother
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partnered with ''
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'' to produce and co-host a YouTube channel based on the magazine. Both Green brothers wrote for the magazine years before they were approached to help launch the YouTube channel. The first series, called ''The List Show'', features John Green presenting several interesting facts and bits of trivia related to a central topic. The channel has since launched two other series: ''Big Questions'', hosted by
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, and ''Misconceptions'', hosted by
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. Initially, Hank was slated to host a quiz show based on his abandoned YouTube channel ''Truth or Fail'', in which viewers would answer several questions via link annotations, jumping from video to video to find out answers and get more questions. Only one episode of the ''Quiz Show'' was released, though Hank has stayed on as producer on the other series, as well as occasionally guest hosting ''The List Show''.


''How to Adult''

Hank and John Green produced ''How to Adult'', an educational web series hosted by vloggers and young adult novelists
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and Emma Mills. The series premiered in February 2014 and is meant to offer solutions and teach life skills to newly minted adults. The channel features Martin and Mills, as well as guest appearances by Hank and Emily Graslie, talking about topics not generally covered in school and teaching skills and dispensing advice surrounding adulthood. The series was pitched to the
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by Martin and Mills, who then decided to help fund and produce the channel.


''Animal Wonders''

In 2014, Green partnered with Animal Wonders Inc, a non-profit organization focused on animal rescue and animal-based education, to launch a new YouTube channel focused on animals. ''Animal Wonders'' is hosted by Jessi Knudsen Castañeda, a regular guest of the ''
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'' Talk Show, and founder and executive director of Animal Wonders, Inc. The channel is produced and directed by Caitlin Hofmeister and Matthew Gaydos, and features a wide range of animals residing in the animal center, as well as information on pet care, training, and animal behavior.


''Cereal Time''

In June 2015, Green teamed up with
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and
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to produce a new daily morning show titled ''Cereal Time''. The idea came from Green, who serves as an executive producer on the series after McDonnell asked him for advice on his next projects. The show premiered every weekday morning at 7:00 GMT on the ''Cereal Time'' YouTube channel, and featured McDonnell and Hill having a conversation over breakfast and discussing several topics. The show is influenced by
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's ''Good Mythical Morning'', and McDonnell has described the show as "authentic" likening his presenting style as "a bit more of myself than I am on my main YouTube channel." Green stated that his role as executive producer mostly involves paying for production, and while he confirmed that the show isn't profitable, he assured viewers that it would continue. The show has been on hiatus since September 2016, with no sign yet of the show's return.


Podcasts


''Dear Hank & John''

In June 2015, Hank Green and his brother John Green started a weekly
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titled ''
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''. They refer to it as "A comedy podcast about death". Taking a mainly humorous tone, each episode involves the brothers reading a series of questions submitted by listeners and offering their dubious advice. The episode closes with a news segment with two standard topics:
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, presented by Hank, and
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, presented by John. Hank has said that he enjoys the more conversational tone of the podcast, as it more closely resembles what the Vlogbrothers videos used to be like.


''Holy Fucking Science''

In February 2017, Green launched ''Holy Fucking Science'', a new "science podcast with the enthusiasm (and language) of a gaming channel." It is available both as an audio-only cast, and in video form on YouTube. It was canceled March 2018, after 58 episodes, due to regrets about using ''fuck'' in the title and wishes to change up the format. In late 2018 the panelists from ''HFS'' returned in ''SciShow Tangents'', another podcast with a similar format.


''DELETE THIS''

In March 2018, Green and his wife Katherine launched a new podcast, ''DELETE THIS'', in which they take a look at Hank's
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feed from the previous week and analyze its impact on the conversation and his followers, as a gateway to considering the overall role of
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in society. In August 2020, the podcast was reformatted and retitled ''TASKMISTRESS'', in which Katherine critiques episodes of the program ''Taskmaster'' and provides alternatives to the judgments of its host,
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. In January 2021, the podcast abandoned the ''Taskmaster'' theme and returned to broadly being a discussion about social media and internet culture.


''SciShow Tangents''

In November 2018, Green, together with the other ''Holy Fucking Science'' panelists, started ''SciShow Tangents'' which they describe as a "lightly competitive knowledge showcase." Every episode they deliver science facts related to the episodes topic in different formats, such as poems or questions from listeners, and guess the real fact.


Companies, events, and philanthropy


Complexly

In 2016, Hank's LLC and production company EcoGeek was renamed Complexly (after the phrase "Imagine Others Complexly"). Complexly is the umbrella organization which produces and manages most of Hank's YouTube shows, as well as a number of other shows, podcasts, and projects.


Project for Awesome

In 2007, brothers John and Hank introduced the annual charity project titled the Project for Awesome (P4A), a project in which YouTube users take two days, originally in mid-December, to create videos promoting charities or nonprofit organizations of their choosing. The total amount of money raised every year has continued to incrementally increase (with the exception of 2011). In 2021, the event was moved to late February, and a record $2,368,016 was raised.


DFTBA Records

DFTBA Records (an
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for "Don't Forget to Be Awesome") is an e-commerce merchandise company that was co-founded by Green and Alan Lastufka in 2008. Originally a record label, its main focus was music generated by prominent YouTube stars like Green himself,
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,
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,
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, among others. The company now focuses on selling merchandise for prominent YouTube stars, such as Green and his brother John,
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,
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,
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, and
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, among several others. DFTBA Records has a prominently independent distribution network. The goal of the record label, as Lastufka stated in a video on the subject, is to provide a distribution network for talented artists of YouTube and to make sure their music reaches out to the "largest audience possible." The record label claims to aid a bigger audience in connecting with the artists, and make the "YouTube experience" more lucrative, more exciting, and more fun. Aside from music albums, the label's official website sells other forms of merchandise, such as T-shirts, accessories, and posters. On June 19, 2014, Lastufka announced that he had sold his entire stake in the company and resigned as president, to pursue other projects.


DFTBA Games

In January 2015, Green announced plans for a game company called DFTBA Games on the crowdfunding platform
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. He launched the first DFTBA Games project Wizard School in September 2015. Wizard School is tabletop card game meant to emulate attending and "graduating" from "Wizard School." This project was fully funded within the same day it launched.


VidCon

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is an annual conference based around online video first held in 2010. Along with his brother, John, Hank founded VidCon in response to the growing online video community. Hank states, "We wanted to get as much of the online video community together, in one place, in the real world for a weekend. It's a celebration of the community, with performances, concerts, and parties; but it's also a discussion of the explosion in community-based online video." The event draws many popular YouTube users, as well as their fans, and provides room for the community to interact. The event also contains an industry conference for people and businesses working in the online video field. Since its inception, the annual attendance of the event has grown.


Subbable

After two years of producing '' Crash Course'' and ''
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'' through grants provided by YouTube, the
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decided to find a more sustainable way to fund the projects. In 2013, they launched Subbable, a monthly subscription-based crowdfunding platform similar to
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that would let subscribers pledge a monthly donation to creators and receive perks in exchange by building up a pledge bank. Among the platform's initial creators and channels were the Green brothers' ''Crash Course'' and ''SciShow'', and YouTubers
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,
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and Wheezy Waiter. In the Subbable introduction video, Green said: In March 2015,
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, another subscription-based crowdfunding platform, acquired Subbable and added Subbable's creators into its fold, with the bulk of the acquisition money going to match up to $100,000 in pledges to ease the transition. Although talks of the two companies joining forces had been discussed since their launch, they only got serious after Amazon announced a change in its payment services, which would lead to Subbable creators losing subscribers. As part of the deal, the Green brothers received a small portion of Patreon and Hank signed on as an unpaid advisor.


NerdCon: Stories

On the subject of stories, Green has said: Following VidCon's success, Green launched a new conference, NerdCon: Stories, focusing on all types of storytelling media, in 2015. The first NerdCon: Stories was held at the
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in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during October 9–10, 2015. The two-day conference attracted around 3,000 attendees, and featured guests such as Hank and John Green,
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,
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,
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,
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, and the ''
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'' cast and crew, among other storytellers, authors, performers, and musicians. The second NerdCon: Stories returned to the Minneapolis Convention Center on October 14–15, 2016, with many of its original guests.


Subscription services

In November 2020, Hank, with his brother John, started the "Awesome Socks Club", a monthly subscription service where members receive a pair of socks designed by independent artists. All post-tax profits are donated to the charity
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, in a business model similar to
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products. As of March 2022, the Awesome Socks Club had 45,000 members. In March 2022, the brothers started the "Awesome Coffee Club", with an identical business model and goal to the Awesome Socks Club. The coffee is ethically sourced from Columbia via the brothers' sourcing partner Sucafina. The beans are then roasted in
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and distributed through DFTBA's fulfillment center in Missoula, Montana. In August 2022, Hank Green reported that the Awesome Socks Club had over 40,000 subscribers and the Awesome Coffee Club had over 10,000 subscribers.


Political events

In September 2022, during the lead-up to the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Montana, Green interviewed
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Monica Tranel, who ran for
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, in Missoula. He hosted a second event in
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in October, though he did not explicitly endorse Tranel.


Other projects


Music

During the Brotherhood 2.0 project, Green accepted a challenge to perform an original song bi-weekly (known as "Song Wednesdays") and he has continued, though less frequently, to write, record, and perform songs since then. His songs include "I'm Gonna Kill You," "Baby, I Sold Your Dog on eBay," and "What Would Captain Picard Do?". Green's first successful song was "Accio Deathly Hallows", which was featured on YouTube's front page preceding the release of the final ''Harry Potter'' book, and has been viewed over two million times. Green's first studio album, ''So Jokes'', was released in 2008 and reached number 22 on the Billboard Top 25 revenue generating albums online. He has since released four other albums: ''I'm So Bad at This: Live!'' (2009), ''This Machine Pwns n00bs'' (2009), ''Ellen Hardcastle'' (2011) which was named for the winner of a 2010 charity raffle, and ''Incongruent'' (2014) with his new band, Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers. The album was released on May 7, 2014.


Novels

Green's debut novel, ''
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'', was published on September 25, 2018. It is a science fiction novel about a young woman who gains overnight fame when she stumbles across an alien structure. The book debuted as a ''New York Times'' Bestseller. The sequel, '' A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor'', was released on July 7, 2020, and was on the July 26, 2020, ''New York Times'' Bestsellers list at number 6. When signing novels, Green often includes a symbol known as the "Hanklerfish," meant to resemble an
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.


2-D glasses

In 2011, Green created "2-D" glasses, which allow one to watch 3-D movies in 2-D. The glasses were originally created for those who experience discomfort watching 3-D movies (such as Green's wife) and consist of either two right or two left lenses from a pair of regular
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.


TikTok

In September 2019, Green started creating content on
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. He has seen growing success and has been called a "top creator" on TikTok by ''The New York Times''. As of October 2022, he has over 7 million followers and over 497 million likes on his page. His content mainly consists of educational, humorous, and social-commentary videos. After a TikTok which spoke positively about his book, ''An Absolutely Remarkable Thing'', went viral, Green saw a 3200% increase in sales on
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. In April 2021, Green announced he would donate his TikTok Creator Fund revenue of over $35,000 to the
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, a sum consisting of an estimated $700 from 20,000,000 TikTok views in a month as of August 2020, averaging to about 3.5 cents per 1,000 views. In January 2022, Green released a YouTube video criticizing TikTok for the method in which creators are paid, pointing out that due to the set value of the Creator Fund, as TikTok becomes more popular, creators earn less.


Personal life

Hank Green resides in
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, with his wife, Katherine Green, and their son. Green was diagnosed with
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in 2006. He was also diagnosed with a learning disorder as a child and speculates this to likely be
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. Green has stated he is an
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.


Works


Books

* ''
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing ''An Absolutely Remarkable Thing'' is a science fiction novel by American author Hank Green. It was published on September 25, 2018, by Dutton Books, and is Green's debut novel. Announced on September 19, 2017, the novel is the first of a two-b ...
'' (2018) * '' A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor'' (2020)


Other

* Foreword to ''
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'' (2014 ''
Lizzie Bennet Diaries ''The Lizzie Bennet Diaries'' is an American web series adapted from Jane Austen's 1813 novel '' Pride and Prejudice.'' The story is conveyed in the form of vlogs. It was created by Hank Green and Bernie Su, produced by Jenni Powell and stars ...
'' edition) * ''A Supplementally Useful Publication'' (2020) * "A Naturalist on Hoth", ''From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back'' (2020) * "Bonker Doesn't Die" (2021 Project for Awesome short story)


Filmography


Discography


Studio albums


Live albums


Compilation albums


Singles


Other appearances


See also

*
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References


External links

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